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The great success that Porsche enjoyed with its first 550 Spyders spurred its small but effective racing cadre to a more ambitious design with its 1956 Type 550A. A stiffer space frame was inside the 550A that Umberto Maglioli drove single-handed to win the 1956 Targa Florio, hailed at the time as Porsche's greatest victory. Experiments in 1956 with an even smaller racer, the Type 645, ended with a disastrous crash. Not for nothing was it nicknamed Mickey Mouse. In 1957 Porsche created the immortal RSK, a race and hillclimb winner. The RS60 arrived in 1960 to meet new rules, winning Sebring outright. It evolved into the RS61 and then the Type 718, using the Grand Prix eight-cylinder engine. Races and hillclimbs throughout the world were mastered by these agile silver cars through 1964. See them all depicted in magnificent images from the Ludvigsen Library.
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Porsche Spyder 1956-1964
21 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ludvigsen's first book on the 550 Porsche Spyder was much better documented with the evolution of the 550 both historically & technically.
Lip service paid only to 550A with only a very few photos - none of car from the rear or cockpit/dash. No indication of number made etc. The Porsche Spyder RSK never showed "k" torsion bar front end, Never indicated how 718 differed from RSK, never indicated production numbers of the numerous variants with 4 cylinder & 8 cylinder. The whole book appeared to be hastily put together and really did not come close to his informative Porsche 550 Spyder Book in sum or substance and subsequently not worth the wait or the money.
Lip service paid only to 550A with only a very few photos - none of car from the rear or cockpit/dash. No indication of number made etc. The Porsche Spyder RSK never showed "k" torsion bar front end, Never indicated how 718 differed from RSK, never indicated production numbers of the numerous variants with 4 cylinder & 8 cylinder. The whole book appeared to be hastily put together and really did not come close to his informative Porsche 550 Spyder Book in sum or substance and subsequently not worth the wait or the money.
A jewel of a book
26 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Porsche Spyders 1956-1964 is an excellent book. The archival photos beautiful and very well selected. The accompaning text is very detailed and well matched to the photos for illustrative purposes. In this regard, the book exceeded expectations because it is intended to be a collection of rare photos of the stunning 718 Spyder.
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